Research is identifying alternative methods to the polygraph, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.

Industrial-grade buoys are being installed to prevent unauthorized crossings, but the environmental impact is unknown.

Low-quality, mass-produced video content is alarming child development experts. Few guardrails are in place to stop it.

Research has increasingly connected wildfire and smoke with worsening mental health, partly due to damage in the brain.

In 1775, Washington deployed colonial soldiers who had survived smallpox to retake Boston during a city-wide epidemic.

Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

Like many crime labs in the United States, analysts at the center routinely perform forensic firearms identification, meaning they inspect crime scene evidence — in this instance, the microscopic ...

Clinical trials for a new drug can take years to complete, and cost up to hundreds of millions of dollars. New draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aims to make that process ...

Critics argue that NIH directors should have term limits. Others say leadership continuity matters. Who's right?

Agencies will have to show a “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just an increased risk of disease.